Astroscopus ygraecum Southern Stargazer

Astroscopus ygraecum is commonly referred to as Southern Stargazer. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

12822 

AphiaID:

159252 

Scientific:

Astroscopus ygraecum 

German:

Südlicher elektrischer Himmelsgucker, Südlicher elektrischer Sterngucker 

English:

Southern Stargazer 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Uranoscopidae (Family) > Astroscopus (Genus) > ygraecum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1829 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Aruba, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Curacao, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 100 Meter 

Size:

13.78" - 17.32" (35cm - 44cm) 

Temperature:

16,5 °F - 26,6 °F (16,5°C - 26,6°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Difficulty:

Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Astroscopus guttatus
  Nördlicher elektrischer Sterngucker
• Astroscopus sexspinosus
• Astroscopus zephyreus

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Astroscopus ygraecum
  Südlicher elektrischer Himmelsgucker, Südlicher elektrischer Sterngucker

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-02-27 21:19:38 

Last edit:

2024-05-02 16:36:28 

Toxicity

Astroscopus ygraecum is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Astroscopus ygraecum, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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